Redn3ck
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2 hours ago, brendan714 said:
There is a serious issue with white space in this new update. As a result, the pages now have significantly less efficiency and functionality.
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The result and side-by-side comparison is almost laughably bad to see the loss of features and information in the new search!
As someone who only has access to the internet via their phone this right here hits the nail on the head
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March 11th 2015 All Over Again
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TY! TY! TY!
Please Keep The Old Search There FOR GOOD !!!
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Ok, how do i get to my profile page now? That was one of the tabs i used most. Was so easy to get to caches found and owned info, TB found and owned info, and pocket queries. Imo, removing this was just plain goofy!
click on your name top right of page
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Caching since 2010 premium shortly after starting
Changes Id Like To See:
DNF icon's on DNF logs
when zooming in sometimes the icons don't respond to clicking to bring up the info till you get very close
Change the virtual icons for earth caches till you get zoomed in close enuf why not actually show earth cache icons? vs virtual from far away
keep every thing else the same
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add a "list" link in the play menu please
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DEAR GOD STOP CHANGING STUFF ITS NOT BROKE!!!!!
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An issue for both basic members and PMs apart from the interface is the horrible look of the output which is uniquely optimized for phones.
I seriously doubt that the output is optimized for phones, too much valuable space is wasted in my opinion, especially on phones. With the old search you had all information there (except the marker for 'corrected coordinates' which is shown only for the new search) and you could choose yourself to zoom in/out as you needed it. Now only very little information is visible, zoom out doesn't give you the other colums (Favorites, Size, Difficulty, Terrain, Last Found, Placed on), you have click around to replace distance with one of the other columns.
Screenshot (Samsung S3, search: Unknown I don't own, I haven't found starting from given coordinates)
^^ atleast im not the only one
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Wow, reading all of this is depressing.
I am new to Geocaching so I guess I was not really attached to the old way of searching. Actually I think the old way of searching was VERY limited.
I really like this new search as you can do so much more with it. So I think it is better and I am happy with it.
Reading the complaints it seems either people spent 5 minutes with it and decided they could not figure it (they might have spent more time writing complaints in this form then learning/using the new search) or react like most people when it comes to change (it sucks because it is different).
explain how you think it was limited?
cause guess what when 9 out of 10 people say its bad guess what its probably bad
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That's because that's the location to which your IP resolves. If you want a quick way to search from your home coordinates, you can enter "home" into the search field (provided you have your home coordinates set for your account).
Once again, not intuitive. Hover over the little arrow within the search box and it says "use my location". How is a user supposed to know that means "not really your location, but the location of your IP"? Nowhere does it say typing in in "home" is recommended.
That's because it presumes you're using am obile browser - that will report your device's GPS location. Desktop browsers, unless your computer has an accurate GPS reader, will attempt to locate you as best it can based on your IP address.
It was one of the first issues we reported in sneak-peek previews, but hasn't been addressed for desktop users. Entering "Home" is the (hidden) workaround. There's no way to accurately get your current (computer) GPS location unless you manually enter your GPS coordinates.
cell phone shows it being 375 miles off, its not just the "isp"
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I was at a Mega event in Yuma last month and there were lots of people with T-shirts and Tatoos that were "trackable". How do you go about getting a number for those? I hope I am asking on the right place.
get a travel bug and just have the number printed on it and keep the dog tag for your self
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That sounds like a problem with your specific address and/or the geocoding service(s) Groundspeak uses. The example I gave above DOES include a full address.
That is only for city and zip. I want it to be specific down to the address. When I tried using it like you suggested it said "We couldn't recognize that location. Please try again."
Sure. Just select Play > Find a Cache, then enter the address into the search field. You'll get results something like this:So is there any way to search now with a specific address?It took five different addresses to finally get it to recognize a specific address including my own! Terrible stats.
don't feel bad my own home town is 375 miles west of where it really is according to the search
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So how does one search by zipcode?
you don't you just type in the city name (which is the only improvement this new search has brought but then they nerf it cause of the 30 mile/50km limit)
1 step forward and 2 steps back
Redn3ck, it's obvious you don't like the new search, but please stop posting inaccurate and inflammatory content or else you will be removed from these threads.
To search on a Zip Code, simply enter it into the main search field. For example, here are the results for 98103: https://www.geocaching.com/play/search/@47.67101,-122.3401?origin=98103
Then why wasn't zip listed on the search bar ? That would of been a simple and people would of seen it.
Im not posting "inaccurate" statements cause if it was "inaccurate" then people wouldn't be flooding your boards with complaints
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So how does one search by zipcode?
you don't you just type in the city name (which is the only improvement this new search has brought but then they nerf it cause of the 30 mile/50km limit)
1 step forward and 2 steps back
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Why take away the ability to see if a cache has a travel bug in it also.
When i go out of town i try to swing by all caches that have bugs listed to see if anyone needs a ride....
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So many complaints, but no usefull reaction from Groundspeak so far.
no they avoid any "constructive criticism" even tho they asked for it
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It would be really useful to have a filter box to click on that would give you oldest or newest in a State or Region.
old system could do that with 2 clicks
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The only thing this update is gonna do is run off current paying members and cause anyone that discovers geocaching not want to pick up the hobby cause of the site not being user friendly, thus losing them as new paying members in the future.
and that's a FACT
If i was new and just started the day before the update and i came back this mess to try to figure this out
I WOULDN'T OF COME BACK
Your forums blow up cause of a update and you don't wanna address any of it, constructive criticism goes both ways good and bad, but we only get cookie cutter responses of go check out the FAQ, and "well its easy you just leave the Search Bar Blank ?!?!?! then apply filters but then select only search with in this state or country but uncheck all the cache types then select the one you want but remember don't put anything in the mileage radius box" and it will show you everything.... or we just click i wanna view "This State" or "this country" oh look its ONE CLICK
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- Wanna see most Fav cache? oh ok clicks on the state then clicks sort by favorites TADA! oh look its sorted, well that was easy (same thing applies to a country)
- wanna see the oldest cache in a the state well glad you asked *selects state* *clicks sort by placed date* tada all done this also showed you all OLD CACHES for people trying complete that grid
An if its not that you respond to the few "beta" testers that find it some what usable which if you had your eyes open would see ITS NOT you have people that have been doing this for almost a decade or more are telling you they ain't gonna renew ?!?! this should be a instant red flag.
Searching By Name , and what not GREAT IDEA it really was but WHY NOT JUST APPLY IT TO THE OLD SYSTEM? versus redesign the wheel
Map These Results = GREAT IDEA but yet again why not have it on the old system
Searching By City MEGA GREAT ! (except some don't work my own hometown doesn't work its about 250miles west according to your searching system and also this would eliminate the whole zip code which was the only thing that required a little work when searching making it truly simplier if you know im going to this city and i wanna cache the area)
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Bump New layout is AWFUL
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Usability: This is probably the toughest one to answer. Intuitiveness is in the eye of the beholder. But it's important to know that the new search tool has undergone more testing and received more feedback than any project ever at Geocaching HQ. Yes, we brought in play testers many times. Newbies, longtime players and everyone in between. Our product team watched them use the search tool, and noted what did and didn't work for them. Premium members had 6 weeks to play with it. We received thousands of surveys from those members. That doesn't mean the team went through point by point and changed each and every thing that's been asked for. (That's simply impractical.) But the feedback has absolutely informed the process in an unprecedented way. More importantly, it will continue to inform the process. This will be an evolving and ever-improving product.
I want to say again that we read everything posted here. Constructive criticism is highly valued. There's been a lot of that. Sadly, there's also been some chatter that isn't as courteous, polite or respectful as anyone would like. Change is rarely easy and it makes us understandably emotional. But please remember that your comments are read by real people who have done real work on this project for many months. That doesn't mean you can't be critical. To the contrary, we want you to continue providing good feedback. But before you click the "Add Reply" button, consider whether you would say it the same way if the person on the receiving end was standing right in front of you. Fair enough? Okay, on with the show....
Some times you need to hear the truth and the honest truth about something regardless if its gonna be good or bad regardless of who's feelings are gonna get hurt.
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I am very disappointed with the new features, while it has some good ones it also have more bad ones. one thing I do miss is new ones in the State I do base my time on events around the state With the New featured 30 miles max is not going to make it. if something don't give up soon I might not renew my membership. Please fix it or go back to the way it was before.
Be sure to read the Advanced Search FAQ. It answers a lot of the questions people are having.
The search you want to do is easy with the new system once you learn it. Here is a link for all of the caches in OK sorted by most recent first: https://www.geocaching.com/play/search?r=37&sort=PlaceDate&asc=False
we shouldn't have to learn a new system ..... K.I.S.S.
the old system worked great for how long? it was user friendly and it was clean and much easier to look at graphical wise
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since we are paying for this how about you give us a option to have the old search system back
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NEW SEARCH SYSTEM SUCKS
IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT
Bring Back the Old System
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No posts from any Lackey's since post #24, now we are at 80+.
Hopefully they are taking all the negative posts to heart, and do something to fix this problem.
Why would you take something that was functional and put something that doesn't quite work properly in its place?
I do like some of the aspects of the new search engine, but it definitely needs some attention.
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the map search results and only show that search results great idea but why not just apply that to the existing search system ???
why try to reinvent the wheel?
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Release Notes (Website: Links now point to new search results) - April 20, 2021
in Geocaching HQ communications
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That will never happen if you don’t believe me look at the March 11 2015 thread outrage